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Vicia hirsuta

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Vicia hirsuta. See image source here.

#292 They called me Vicia hirsuta, also known as Vicia taquetii, and Vicia mitchellii. I pay homage to the male botanists Taquet (I couldn’t find his records), and M. E. Mitchell, or John Mitchell. They first catalogued me in 1822.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, and Zaïre.

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Eleocharis pellucida

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Eleocharis pellucida. See image source here.

#291 They called me Eleocharis pellucida, also known as Scirpus thomsonii, and Eleocharis thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1828.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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Litsea glutinosa

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Litsea glutinosa. See image source here.

#282 They called me Litsea glutinosa, also known as Tetranthera roxburghii, Litsea involucrata var. fernandezii, Litsea thwaitesii, and Litsea brassii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, Fernandez (I couldn’t find his records), Thwaites (I couldn’t find his records), and Brass (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1911.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.